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Franklin council adopts weapons ordinance, approves budget amendment and other routine actions
Summary
The council adopted an amendment to chapter 31 (discharging firearms), approved Budget Amendment 2025‑02 to record school grant funds, and carried several routine items on the consent agenda during the Aug. 12 meeting.
Beyond major agenda items, Franklin City Council took multiple routine and ordinance actions on Aug. 12.
Council adopted an amendment to Chapter 31 of the City Code on discharging firearms, clarifying exceptions (law enforcement on duty, licensed ranges, theatrical blanks, certain hunting under limitations); members discussed which stricken words would be excluded from the final ordinance before voting to adopt.
The council also approved Budget Amendment 2025‑02 to record grant funds received by the school system (Franklin South Hampton Charities Grant) and moved several consent‑agenda items including approval of minutes from prior meetings. Council approved the MOU amendment for the Franklin–Southampton radio system in the same session; staff said the amendment clarifies grant accounting and the city’s fiscal‑agent role.
Council closed with committee reports, manager remarks about a regional water‑supply study and an invitation to the Virginia Municipal League conference; several members noted code‑enforcement and building cleanup as priorities.
